You can help shape the direction of the Green Committee of the Silver Lake Neighborhood Council!

The next meeting is Tuesday, June 17, 7-9 p.m., Holy Virgin Mary Cathedral Church Hall, 650 Micheltorena St.

Included on the agenda:

•       election of committee co-chairs

•       writing the committee’s mission statement (for SLNC Board approval)

•       discussion of Green Committee’s…

Silver Lake Neighborhood Council Elections

Why does it matter? City Hall can see engaged neighborhoods by how many of us are voting. This can carry weight in future decisions. We want them to know who is voting, and from whom they can expect a turn out at the polls when they are up for reelection. 

Where to go, what to do, when to do it:

Saturday, April 12, 10 to 4

Micheltorena Elementary School

1511 Micheltorena Street

Los…

Neighborhood Council elections are fast approaching. If you live, work, own real property or have a stake in a 'hood, i.e. worship, attended classes there, you're entitled to vote. For Silver Lake...

Candidate Forum, Thursday April 3: 6-6:40 PM meet candidates one-on-one, then on to the formal presentation from potentially dozens of locals who…

According to Patch, homes and roll down doors in three districts will now be able to display murals. 

Will this be the best legislation for those areas? Will Silver Lake's CD13 and CD4 want to follow suit? 

Concerns expressed on…

PURPOSE OF NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCILS:

“To promote more citizen participation in government and make government more responsive to local needs”

~ Los Angeles City Charter, Article IX Neighborhood Council leaders from throughout the city have partnered with the Department of Neighborhood Empowerment (EmpowerLA) in bringing the 2013 LA…

At its September 18, 2013 Governing Board meeting, the Silver Lake Neighborhood Council adopted a new community grant funding program for the remainder of the current fiscal year which ends on June 30, 2014.

• All application packets are due December 1, 2013.
• Please send completed application packets to the SLNC Co-chairs:…
  
  

Dear Micheltorena Gardeners, interested Silver Lake residents & nearby neighbors, and Silver Lake Neighborhood Council partners:

The following [link is at end of article] is an open source document designed to jumpstart the conversation about our upcoming garden summit for the area, taking place the weekend of Sep 21-22. Please add ideas / share document…

VISIONS, ISSUES, GOALS:

Silver Lake Neighborhood Council 

Community & Governing Board Joint Meeting

Mon, July 29th

6:30-8:30pm

Sunset Triangle Plaza 

http://la.curbed.com/places/sunset-triangle-plaza

Sunset Blvd, Griffith Park Blvd & Edgecliffe Drive

Los Angeles, CA…

On May 7th the Greater Griffith Park Green Committee will present its first in a series of free educational workshops for the community around issues of the environment, energy use, water use, sustainability and more. Please join us! 

Spend a Tuesday evening with us and learn about:

*Key home components that waste and improve energy use

*Home improvements that qualify for up to $4,500 in rebates from Energy Upgrade…

Tom LaBonge's CD4 office is sponsoring a stairs clean up this Saturday.

MARCH 2ND PUBLIC STAIRS CLEANUP

February 7th was a very interesting evening at Williams Hall on the historic Barlow Hospital campus in Echo Park. Los Angeles City Council Districts 1 and 13 fall within Echo Park's borders, and the 10 candidates sat at the front of the room in anticipation of the upcoming March 5, 2013 election, taking turns telling the audience of at least 80 what they will do for the community, if elected.

Echo Park area residents had submitted questions to the candidates. Among the issues…

Saturday – Micheltorena Garden Potluck

Friday through Monday – Backyard Bird Counts

Wednesday – Senior Lead Officer Al Polehoni’s Retirement Party

Native Meadow Maintenance, Public Stairs Cleanup, Hollywood Half Marathon, Mayor's Budget…

“Read a-a-a-l-l-l-l about it” …

Share it with the Silver Lake Neighborhood Council. Click here for their next vision session on Wednesday.

The Silver Lake Neighborhood Council will continue its "Adopt a Street" program with a Sunset Boulevard clean-up effort on Saturday, December 8 from 9 a.m. to noon.

Meet at the southeast corner of Sunset and Lucile.

Bring work gloves, sunscreen, and lots of energy. Meet like-minded neighbors and make a difference!…

The Silver Lake Arts & Culture Committee has put out a call for artists for the Electrical Box Beautification Project

Artists can submit creative ways to decorate the gray electrical boxes scattered around the streets of

Silver Lake. Each selected artist will paint 1…

There's a call for volunteers to plant the new Native Plant Garden on the north end of the Silver Lake Meadow on Saturday and Sunday, November 10 and 11.

The project is brought to you by the Silver Lake Neighborhood Council and the Theodore Payne Native Plant…